I seem to crave soup these days - it must be the shoddy weather and looming winter. There is something comforting about food you don't have to chew... Unfortunately, my boyfriend has a sincere dislike of my vegetable soups - allegedly because I tend to blend them into creamy deliciousness (what he refers to as 'baby-food'). So whenever I find myself making dinner for one, I instantly see it as a chance to fulfill the soup-void inside of me...

This time, my vegetable supplier had left me with a lot of parsnips - a vegetable I'm not all that familiar with.
But this soup turned out nice. Next, time I will definitely add more spices, though.

Indian-inspired parsnip soup:
Vegetable oil
5-6 parsnips, peeled and diced
2 cloves of garlic, pressed
1 onion, diced
2 green chillies, sliced
1 tsp of cumin powder
1 tsp of cardamom powder
1 tsp of turmeric
1 tsp of ginger powder
1 liter of water
salt, pepper, fresh lemon juice

Heat up the oil and let the garlic, onion, chili and spices fry for a few minutes in it. Add the parsnips and water. Let it simmer until the parsnip is tender. Blend it :)
Finally, add salt, pepper and lemon juice to taste.

Serve with a dollop of full fat yoghurt in each bowl and decorate with a little parsley or mint. Afterwards, curl up under your favorite blanket with a good book.